Component arrangement and method for producing the component arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9849758-B2
Application number	US-201514958639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Priority date	Dec 4, 2014
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A component arrangement includes a first sheet metal profile part and a second sheet metal profile, each first and second profile parts having respective flanges and being arranged relative to each other so that the respective flanges overlap, wherein the first and second profile parts are connected to each at the respective flanges via a laser welding connection, which extends over a welding seam length, wherein the laser welding connection is formed by at least two welding seams which extend parallel and at a distance to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a vehicle door, comprising:
providing a first sheet metal profile part and a second sheet metal profile part, each having respective flanges;
arranging the first and second sheet metal profile parts relative to each other so that the respective flanges overlap;
connecting the first and second sheet metal profile parts to each other at the respective flanges via a laser welding connection, which extends over a welding seam length, said laser welding connection being formed by at least two welding seams which extend parallel and at a distance to each other, wherein the at least two welding seams are configured as stitch-welding seams which are formed by segments which are spaced apart in a welding processing direction via gaps, and
generating the at least two welding seams in separate temporally subsequent process steps.

2. A component arrangement, comprising:
a first sheet metal profile part having an end forming a border flange protruding laterally outward;
a second sheet metal profile part having an end forming a border flange which protrudes laterally outward and is sized to overlap the border flange of the first sheet metal profile part along a lap joint region in substantial parallel relationship, said first and second sheet metal profile parts defining inner and outer sheet metal profile parts and together forming a hollow profile; and
a laser welding connection connecting the border flange of the first sheet metal profile part with the border flange of the second sheet metal profile part within the lap joint region, said laser welding connection being formed within the lap joint region by at least two stitch-welding seams which extend parallel and at a distance to each other and are formed by seam segments which are spaced apart in a welding processing direction via gaps.

3. The component arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the seam segments of one of the stitch-welding seams and the seam segments of the other one of the stitch-welding seams are offset relative to each other along the welding processing direction.

4. The component arrangement of claim 3 , wherein the seam segments of the stitch-welding seams are configured geometrically identical.

5. The component arrangement of claim 3 , wherein the seam segments have a same segment lengths as viewed in the welding processing direction.

6. The component arrangement of claim 3 , wherein the gaps of the seam segments have a same length as viewed in the welding processing direction.

7. The component arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the seam segments of the stitch-welding seams are arranged in alternating succession to each other in the welding processing directions.

8. The component arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the at least two stitch-welding seams are generated in subsequent process steps in opposite processing directions.

9. The component arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the two stitch-welding seams extend at an offset to one another in a direction transverse to the welding processing direction.

10. The component arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the offset is about 5 mm.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Gaull Gerhard
• Kreis Gundolf

Classifications

• B23K2101/006

  Vehicles · CPC title

• B23K2101/185

  Tailored blanks · CPC title

• B60J5/045

  Panel type elements (B60J5/0455 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J5/0463 Primary

  Conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door · CPC title

• B23K26/24

  Seam welding · CPC title